A couple of tourist attrctions can be seen from this vantage point. In the center the State Opera with the green roof. World-famous Hotel Sacher next to it on the left. The monument of imperial army leader Archduke Albrecht on his horse. Next to it on the right the Albertina museum. On the far left behind the Fiaker horse carriages there is the Holocaust monument created by Oskar Kokoschka.

The Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias is a wonderful piece of architecture by the spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. It consists of the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (opera house), the IMAX cinema L'Hemisfèric, the L'Umbracle park, the Museu de les Ciencies Príncipe Felipe (science museum) and the L'Oceanogràfic (aquarium).

The Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias is a wonderful piece of architecture by the spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. It consists of the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (opera house), the IMAX cinema L'Hemisfèric, the L'Umbracle park, the Museu de les Ciencies Príncipe Felipe (science museum) and the L'Oceanogràfic (aquarium).

Built in 1971 as a plain functional industrial plant. After a major fire in 1987 the city commissioned renowned artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser to design the facade. At that time the desire to include aesthetics and appearance considerations for such a building were a first in the world.